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EB-1A remand — AAO decision MAY162007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. Review source status, procedural posture and the official USCIS PDF.
Decision summary: AAO decision MAY162007_01B2203: Appeal dismissed; petition denied. The review record does not provide a normalized explanation of the disposition. Consult the cited source pages.
Source reviewed: This page summarizes the specific AAO source and posture recorded in the completed source-review tracker. It does not turn a nonprecedent decision into a general rule.
Scope classification from review: in_scope_procedural_eb1a_decision. This is a source-review label, not a legal conclusion.
Decision snapshot
Decision ID | MAY162007_01B2203 |
|---|---|
Decision date as printed | Not stated in normalized review fields |
Classification / field stated in source | Classification not stated in the normalized review fields |
Procedural posture | AAO_posture: Appeal from Vermont Service Center denial. The petitioner described himself as a software engineer who designed/developed complex dynamic software and submitted a support letter and photographs. The record showed no response to the Director’s notice of intent to deny. AAO found no major internationally recognized award, at least three criteria, sustained acclaim, or top-of-field standing.; citation_pages: 1; 2; 3; 4; classification: Appeal dismissed_no_three_criteria_no_sustained_acclaim; director_findings: Appeal from Vermont Service Center denial. The petitioner described himself as a software engineer who designed/developed complex dynamic software and submitted a support letter and photographs. The record showed no response to the Director’s notice of intent to deny. AAO found no major internationally recognized award, at least three criteria, sustained acclaim, or top-of-field standing. |
Operative disposition | {'outcome': 'Appeal dismissed; petition denied.', 'basis': 'The petitioner failed to establish a major award or at least three criteria, and the record did not establish sustained acclaim or that he was among the small percentage at the top of the field.', 'citation_pages': [1, 2, 3, 4]} |
Final-merits status | Not met |
What the AAO decision addressed
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Criterion-by-criterion status in this source
These labels reproduce the source-review record. “Not considered,” “not reached,” and “not coded” do not mean the criterion failed. A Director finding recited as background is not an AAO holding unless the decision says so.
Criterion | Source-review status |
|---|---|
Awards | Not reached — source PDF |
Membership | Not reached — source PDF |
Published material about the person | Not reached — source PDF |
Judging the work of others | Not reached — source PDF |
Original contributions of major significance | Not reached — source PDF |
Scholarly authorship | Not reached — source PDF |
Artistic display or showcases | Not coded — source PDF |
Leading or critical role | Not reached — source PDF |
High salary or remuneration | Not reached — source PDF |
Commercial success in the performing arts | Not reached — source PDF |
How this record may be used in research
Comparison scope: {'fit': 'software_engineer_record_no_sustained_acclaim', 'aggregation_valid': True, 'use': 'Historical example that self-description, a support letter, and work photographs do not themselves establish the EB-1A criteria or acclaim; keep the narrow facts and historical context.', 'do_not_claim': ['Do not characterize a procedural dismissal, rejection, or remand as approval or a completed merits adjudication.', 'Do not infer criterion outcomes beyond those expressly stated.', 'Do not treat explicitly nonprecedent decisions as binding authority.', 'Keep EB-5 and EB-1B/NIW records out of EB-1A content and comparisons.'], 'caveat': 'Use only narrow findings in the cited pages and disclose historical context; exclude non-EB-1A records from EB-1A landing pages and analytics.'}
Page-level source trail
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Open the official USCIS decision PDF. Page-specific citations were not available in the normalized row.
How to use this record
This is a historical, nonprecedent AAO decision about its own administrative record. It is not a prediction, success rate, or current filing instruction. Compare the issue and procedural stage before drawing an analogy. The current framework is in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part F, Chapter 2.
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